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South Downs Law is a criminal defence firm based in Eastbourne, dedicated to advising those facing serious allegations.

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Post Office victims cowed by legal process The Sunday Telegraph reports that Post Office traumatised its victims so badly that nearly 40% are refusing to engage with opportunities for compensation and legal redress, officials fear.

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Post Office minister wants Horizon scandal culprits jailed - Kevin Hollinrake says those behind wrongful prosecutions ‘must be held to account’ - Telegraph - buff.ly/4aW6Fnp

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The inside story of two rape trials: ‘It’s as bad as I’ve ever known it’ | Rape and sexual assault | The Guardian buff.ly/48YXUqT

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MPs to grill Ministry of Justice officials on National Audit Office's damning legal aid report | Law Gazette buff.ly/489hSyp

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A two-year delay in scheduling more than 180 rape trials is a “serious stain” on the criminal justice system, the senior presiding judge of England and Wales said yesterday. Lord Justice Edis plans to bring almost all of these cases to trial before the end of July.

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Thompson v Crime Prosecution Service [2024] EWHC 470 (Admin) - case re statutory definition of a “zombie knife” in para 1(s) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 and whether a knife within the possession of the appellant fell within that definition.

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The Youth Custody Service has published provisional data on the numbers of children and young adults in custody - The number of under 18s in custody for January 2024 was 397.

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A worrying case - Man kept in prison when he should have been released / Kim, R (On the Application Of) v Governor of His Majesty's Prison Wandsworth [2024] EWHC 645 (Admin) (21 March 2024) buff.ly/4afSdG4

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The cost of housing a convicted criminal in prison in England and Wales has exceeded £50,000 a year, surpassing the annual fees for a pupil at Eton College. The rising number of offenders being jailed has led to an annual bill of over £4bn for running prisons - The Telegraph.